THERMO ELECTRICITY

PREVIOUS EAMCET BITS

1. Assertion (A) : Duddells thermo-galvanometer can be used to measure alternating current and direct currents Reason (R) : Heat produced in a resistance does not depend on direction of current 1) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A 2) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 3) A is true but R is false 4) A is false but R is true [EAMCET 2004 M] Ans : 1

Sol: 2. Assertion (A) : Rapidly changing temperature can be measured by thermocouples Reason (R) : The thermal capacity of the junction of thermocouple is very small 1) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A 2) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 3) A is true but R is false 4) A is false but R is true [EAMCET 2004 E] Ans : 1 Sol: 3. The thermo e.m.f produced in a thermocouple is 3 microvolts per degree centigrade. If the temperature of the cold junction is 20C and the thermo e.m.f is 0.3 millivolt, the temperature of the hot junction is [EAMCET 2003 M] 1) 80C 2) 100C 3) 120C 4) 140 Ans : 3 EMF Sol: T 20 = EMF / C

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0.3 103 = 100 3 106 T = 120C Consider the two following statements A and B and identify the correct choice given in the answer [EAMCET 2003 E] A) Duddells thermo-galvanometer is suitable to measure direct current only B) thermopile can measure temperature differences of the order of 103C 1) Both A and B are correct 2) Both A and B are false 3) A is true but B is false 4) A is false but B is true Ans : 4

Sol: 5. The cold junction of a thermocouple is at 0C. The thermo e.m.f produced in the thermocouple is given by an equation E = 16T 0.04T2, where T is the temperature of the hot junction. The temperature of inversion and neutral temperature of the thermocouple [EAMCET 2002 E]
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1) 200C, 400C Ans : 2

2) 400C, 200C

3) 200C,300C

4) 300C, 200C

Sol: E = 16T 0.04T 2 = T (16 0.04T ) = 0 For inversion temperature 16 = 400C Ti = 0.04 T TN = i = 200C 2 The value of Peltier coefficient of a thermo couple 1) does not vary with absolute temperature of the junction 2) varies with absolute temperature of the junction 3) does not depend on the two different metals forming the junction 4) varies with the direction of current Ans : 2

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Sol: 7. Peltier effect is the converse of [EAMCET 2001 M] 1) Thomson effect 2) Flemings left hand rule 3) Lenzs law 4) Seebeck effect Ans : 4 Sol: 8. Thomson coefficient of a conductor is 10mV/K. Then two ends of it are kept at 50C and 60C respectively. Amount of heat absorbed by the conductor when a charge of 10 coulomb flows through it is [EAMCET 2001 E] 1) 1000 J 2) 100 J 3) 100 mJ 4) 1 mJ Ans : 4 Sol: Heat absorbed = qK
= 10 106 10 ( 60 50 )

= 103 J = 1mJ 9. Consider the following statements (A) and (B) and identify the correct answers given below: A) Peltier coefficient is numerically equal to the potential difference across the junctions of the [EAMCET 2005 E] thermocouple through which current is flowing B) According to the Thomson, energy is neither absorbed nor evolved at the junction of thermocouple but is absorbed or evolved only along the lengths of both conductors. 1) Both A and B are true 2) Both A and B are false 3) A is true but B is false 4) A is false but B is true Ans : 3 Sol: A is true B is false 10. The hot and cold juncitons of iron platinum and constantan plantinum thermocouples, when held at a temperature difference of 100C generate thermo e.m.f of 1600 V and 340V respectively. The value of thermo e.mf for iron-constant thermocouple (in VC1) is [EAMCET 2005 M]

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1) 14 Ans : 4 Sol:
Fe

2) 25

3) 28

4) 50

econs tan t = Fe e Pla. + Pla econst.

=1600 + 3400 = 5400V Thermo emf per one C = 50V/C 11. If the cold junction is held at 0C, the thermo e.m.f V of a thermocouple varies as 1 V = 10 106 t 106 t , where t is the temperature of the hot junction in 0C. The neutral 40 temperature and the maximum value of thermo e.m.f are respectively [EAMCET 2006 E] 1) 200C, 2mV 2) 400C, 2mV 3) 100C, 1mV 4) 200C, 1mV Ans : 4 1 Sol: V = 10 106 t 106 t 2 40 106 a = 10 ; b = 40 Neutral temp.
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a 105 40 Tn = = = 200C 2b 106 2 106 4 104 = 2 103 103 = 1mv 40 Hence (4) is the correct choice Consider the following two statements A and B an identify the correct answer A : Constantan Copper thermocouple is generally used to measure temperatures upto 1600C B: In an iron-copper thermocouple, current flows from iron to copper through cold junction [EAMCET 2006 M] 1) Both A and B are true 2) Both A and B are false 3) A is true but B is false 4) A is false but B is true Ans : 4 Vmax = 105 200

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Sol: 13. Temperature of cold function in a thermocouple is 10C and neutral temperature is 270C, then the temperature of inversion is found to be 540C. Then the neutral temperature is [EAMCET 2007 E] 1) 540C 2) 530C 3) 280C 4) 360C Ans : 2 Sol: Tn Tc = Ti Tn 270 10 = Ti 270
Ti = 530

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In a thermo-couple the cold junction is at 30C. The temperature of inversion is found to be 540C. Then the neutral temperature is [EAMCET 2007 M] 1) 270C 2) 510C 3) 285C 4) 240C Ans : 3

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Sol: Tn Tc = Ti Tn 2Tn = Tc + Ti Tn = Tc + Ti 540 + 30 = = 285C 2 2

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